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== '''Important Documents To Download''' ==
 
== '''Important Documents To Download''' ==
 
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(8/26)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_CourseInfo08.pdf}}  '''COURSE INFORMATION (DOWNLOAD PDF)'''<br>
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(8/26)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_CourseInfo08.pdf}}  COURSE INFORMATION (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
  
(8/26)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureSchedule08.pdf}}  '''LECTURE SCHEDULE (DOWNLOAD PDF)'''<br>
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(8/26)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureSchedule08.pdf}}  LECTURE SCHEDULE (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
  
(8/26)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LabSchedule08.pdf}}  '''LAB SCHEDULE (DOWNLOAD PDF)'''<br>
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(8/26)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LabSchedule08.pdf}}  LAB SCHEDULE (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
  
(8/27)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/SchwenkAristotle02.pdf}}  '''READING FOR FRIDAY, 8/29/08:''' (Schwenk, K. (2002) Aristotle’s ghost. Creative Nonfiction No.19:32-40). <br>
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(8/27)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/SchwenkAristotle02.pdf}}  READING FOR FRIDAY, 8/29/08:  (Schwenk, K. (2002) Aristotle’s ghost. Creative Nonfiction No.19:32-40). <br>
 
:'''COME TO CLASS PREPARED TO DISCUSS/ASK QUESTIONS, ETC.  SEE ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW (IN ANNOUNCEMENTS) REGARDING ''EXTRA CREDIT'' FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT!'''<br>
 
:'''COME TO CLASS PREPARED TO DISCUSS/ASK QUESTIONS, ETC.  SEE ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW (IN ANNOUNCEMENTS) REGARDING ''EXTRA CREDIT'' FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT!'''<br>
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(9/11)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Homology_Venn_Diagrama.pdf}}  STUDY AID FOR HOMOLOGY, ANALOGY AND PHENOTYPIC SIMILARITY (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
 
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'''8/27/08'''  ''EXTRA CREDIT FOR FRIDAY READING (8/29)'' <br>
 
'''8/27/08'''  ''EXTRA CREDIT FOR FRIDAY READING (8/29)'' <br>
 
:If you come to class with  one page (double spaced) of clearly written comments about the 'Aristotle's Ghost" reading, you will be awarded '''2 extra credit points'''.  You must hand-in the assignment on ''Friday at the beginning of class'' to receive credit (no exceptions).  Your one page should include comments, opinions, questions, or any other relevant issues you care to raise.  It must be written in full sentences and be spell-checked!  Even if you choose not to hand-in the paper for the extra-credit points, come prepared to talk about the issues raised in the paper and/or ask questions.
 
:If you come to class with  one page (double spaced) of clearly written comments about the 'Aristotle's Ghost" reading, you will be awarded '''2 extra credit points'''.  You must hand-in the assignment on ''Friday at the beginning of class'' to receive credit (no exceptions).  Your one page should include comments, opinions, questions, or any other relevant issues you care to raise.  It must be written in full sentences and be spell-checked!  Even if you choose not to hand-in the paper for the extra-credit points, come prepared to talk about the issues raised in the paper and/or ask questions.
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'''9/11/08'''  GET IT NOW WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!<br>
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:Download a 'Venn diagram' with helpful examples of homology, analogy, common ancestry, phenotypic similarity, above<br><br><br>
  
 
== '''Links to Related or Helpful Sites''' ==
 
== '''Links to Related or Helpful Sites''' ==

Revision as of 21:36, 11 September 2008

Instructor

Dr. Schwenk demonstrating the safest way to handle a venomous snake...


Kurt Schwenk, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Lab: BioPharmacy 410, 412
Voice: (860) 486-0351
Lab phone: 860-486-4158
Fax: (860) 486-6364
Email: kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu
Dr. Schwenk's web page



Teaching Assistants

Tobias expressing a rare moment of glee
Diego kindly posing for the photo, with Buster the iguana in the backdrop


Tobias Landberg, MS, doctoral candidate
Office/Lab: BioPharmacy 410
Voice: (860) 486-4158
Fax: (860) 486-6364
Email: tobias.landberg@uconn.edu
Tobias' web page



Diego Sustaita, MS, doctoral student
Office/Lab: BioPharmacy 404
Voice: (860) 486-0309
Fax: (860) 486-6364
Email: diego.sustaita@uconn.edu



The Class

Comparative anatomy class 08.JPG


Important Documents To Download


(8/26) Pdficon small.gif COURSE INFORMATION (DOWNLOAD PDF)

(8/26) Pdficon small.gif LECTURE SCHEDULE (DOWNLOAD PDF)

(8/26) Pdficon small.gif LAB SCHEDULE (DOWNLOAD PDF)

(8/27) Pdficon small.gif READING FOR FRIDAY, 8/29/08: (Schwenk, K. (2002) Aristotle’s ghost. Creative Nonfiction No.19:32-40).

COME TO CLASS PREPARED TO DISCUSS/ASK QUESTIONS, ETC. SEE ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW (IN ANNOUNCEMENTS) REGARDING EXTRA CREDIT FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT!

(9/11) Pdficon small.gif STUDY AID FOR HOMOLOGY, ANALOGY AND PHENOTYPIC SIMILARITY (DOWNLOAD PDF)


Latest Announcements


8/26/08 The 'Course Information' document as been updated since the version you received in class (download it above)

8/26/08 Lecture and Laboratory schedules are available for download - these have the exam schedules included (see yellow highlights).

8/27/08 EXTRA CREDIT FOR FRIDAY READING (8/29)

If you come to class with one page (double spaced) of clearly written comments about the 'Aristotle's Ghost" reading, you will be awarded 2 extra credit points. You must hand-in the assignment on Friday at the beginning of class to receive credit (no exceptions). Your one page should include comments, opinions, questions, or any other relevant issues you care to raise. It must be written in full sentences and be spell-checked! Even if you choose not to hand-in the paper for the extra-credit points, come prepared to talk about the issues raised in the paper and/or ask questions.


9/11/08 GET IT NOW WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!

Download a 'Venn diagram' with helpful examples of homology, analogy, common ancestry, phenotypic similarity, above


Links to Related or Helpful Sites


Facebook group for this class called Comparative Vertebrate Anatomists